Monthly Archives: July 2025

Links 7/31/25

Posted on July 31, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Covid vaccines for pregnancy and babies: Sorting fact from chaos Plant biologist from Lancaster reflects on Joshua trees and federal science funding Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it Why … Continue reading →

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A Problem ‘AI’ Does Solve: Section 174 of the U.S. Tax Code

Posted on July 31, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

And Trump is the reason the problem exists. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Every day, there’s a new story about how AI is letting bosses lay off workers. Some of this might actually be true, but it’s also about … Continue reading →

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Links 7/30/25

Posted on July 30, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Memories without brains: Certain slime moulds can make decisions, solve mazes and remember things. What can we learn from the blob? Pneumonic Plague Infections in Modern Times Show the Black Death Isn’t Dead. A person in … Continue reading →

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NIH Directly Saved Millions of U.S. Lives and That Has Been (Intentionally) Forgotten

Posted on July 30, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Over the weekend, Russell Vought, Chief Theocrat and head of OMB, launched a nonsensical rant about NIH. Many arguments on behalf of NIH, and they’re not wrong, focus on long-term research that ultimately pans out years or decades later. But … Continue reading →

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Links 7/29/25

Posted on July 29, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Identification of medication–microbiome interactions that affect gut infection The Pacemaker of Progress: Why Scientists Need Your Tax Dollar Giant study finds a research field that’s mostly reproducible Genomic language models (gLMs) decode bacterial genomes for improved … Continue reading →

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Things Are Breaking

Posted on July 29, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

During the run up to the 2024 election, I kept POASTING on Bluesky things like “Most people aren’t even aware of the things that could be broken and will be broken.” We saw that with FEMA, where DHS Secretary and … Continue reading →

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Links 7/28/25

Posted on July 28, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Animals react to secret sounds from plants Stand up for National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities. The move would undo years of … Continue reading →

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When (Grand) Jury Nullification Is a Good Thing

Posted on July 28, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Historically, jury nullification–when a jury returns a verdict of not guilty even though they think a defendant has broken the law–has been used to allow very bad people (e.g., murderers of Black people during the Jim Crow and segregation eras) … Continue reading →

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Links 7/27/25

Posted on July 27, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Bear-Sized Giant Beavers Once Roamed North America, and They’re Now the Official State Fossil of Minnesota Big data, changing taxonomy, and ghost records: permanent preservation of collected specimens is essential for insect monitoring Measles cases are … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on July 27, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: The Elimination of Federal Funding for NPR and PBS Provides an Opportunity for Democrats The Republican-Controlled House Appropriations Committee Wants to Turn D.C. into a Free-Fire Zone Creationism and Fascism: Two Instances When Words … Continue reading →

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